Game boaud



Oct. 23, 1928.

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HARRY SCHLESINGER, OF PASSAIC, NEVI JERSEY.

GAME BOARD.

Application led September 24, 1927. Serial No 221,695.

This invention relate-s to improvements in games, particularlyin game boards, and it is the principal object ot my invention to provide board having a plurality ot numbered depressions closed at the bottom and adapted to receive a ball propelled by means ot a cue as in the customary billiard games.

Another` object of my invention is the provision ot' a game-board equipped with means for exchanging one or the other ot the numbered depressions ilor repair or for a change in numbers, etc.

A further object ot my invention is the provision ot a game-board which is adapted to be placed on an ordinary pool table or the like and if so used is equipped with means for preventing straying of the balls into the pocket of the billiard table.

A still further object oi' my invention is the provision of a novel and improved gameboard in which the means for preventing a straying of the balls are made removable, and a board which allows the playing of a great and varied number of games, as tor instance billiards, ball games in which in the manner ot the ordinary pool game in which the player whose ball marked with the highest number, and entering the pocket marked by the highest number is considered the winner.

These and other objects of my invention will become more fully apparent as the description thereof proceeds, and will then be specilically defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this invention Figure 1-is a top plan view of a game.- board constructed according to my invention.

Figure Q-is a perspective view of one of the removable guards.

Figure S-is an end view ot the board partly in section.

VFigure A is an inner side elevation of one of the guards, and

Figure 5-is a plan view ot two additional removable guards used with my board.

As illustrated on the. drawing a board 10, of any desired suitable material and dimensions is provided with a plurality of depressions 11, arranged in alternating rows oit fours and threes, so that the rows of threes are located in front of the spaces between the depressions in the rows of fours. Each of the depressions 11, is closed at the bottom as at 12, and is numbered by suitable numbers 13, in any consecutive order suiting the particular game to be played. For the playing ot' the game, billiard balls or the like, marked in any suitable manner and propelled by a cue or the like, are used and balls, not entering any de` pressions in the board, are rolling oli the same over the metal lined and inclined surta/ce designated le. The game-board may be used either on a specially constructed table, may be used on any ordinary table suitable tor the purposes in view, or may also be used on a pool or billiard table. In order to limit the movements oll the balls, the board is provided at one side edge thereotl with a guard 15, proj ecting with its upper edge over the edge ot' or out of the plane or the board proper and provided at one ot its end edges with a pin 16, adapted to enter a suitable hole in the edge oi the board, while a plurality o holes 17, in the guard are adapted tor the reception of pins or the li re projecting trom the side edg 1 ot the board, and entering the holes 17, to fractionally connect and hold the guard to the board. rlhe end edges and the side edge opposite to the guard 15, may be also provided with suit-- able guards 18 and 19, respectively, which at their meeting edges are connected by a hinge 20, or the like, and the inner faces oi' guards 18 and 19, are equipped with projecting pins 21 and 22 respectively, adapted to enter suitable openings in the end or the side edge of the board.

As shown in Figure 8, the corner depression 11, is formed within a block 23, adapted to slide out and into the board proper in order to allow an exchange of the block and its depression tor repairs or exchange ol" the numbers. A finger hold 2l, facilitates the operation of said block. This part is also provided with an upstanding guard 25, projecting above the plane of the game-board and is used when guards, 18 and 19, are dispensed with.

lt will be clear that any of the marginal depressions may be located in such a bloc :28, in order to allow a quick exchange ot numbers and for repairing purpose-s.

rlhe operation of my board will be readily understood from the above description without further explanation and it is to be understood that while l have shown and described as one example only of the many ways in which my game-board may be constructed in practice, the preferred form thereof, l do not wish to limit myself to the specific construe tion disclosed but desire to reserve my right to make such changes as come within the scope of the appended claims wit-hout de parture from the spirit of my invention and the principles involved.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A game-board comprising a plurality of depressed parts 'formed in said board, an eX" changeable means for limiting the run of balls propelled onto said board, a means for allowing a ready exchange of one and the other of said depressed parts, and a runway for'the balls leaving the board.

2. A. game-board comprising a plurality of depressions oit approximately semi-spherical form and closed at the bottom formed in said board, each of said depressions being numbered, side-guard removably held to one side edge of said board, a means fer allowing a ready exchange oi? any one of said depressions, and a metal-covered runway ier the balls failing to enter any of said depressions and leaving the board.

3. fr gameboard comprising a plate having a plu "alit Y oi eup-shaped depressions formed therein, closed at the bottom, and arranged in alternating rows of even and odd numbers, a plurality et guard members extending upward beyond the plane of the boardre1novably secured on the edges of said board, two of said guards hinged 'together at their meeting ends, a means ier removably and exchangeably holding one of the depressed corner parts to said board, and a metal runway at one edge of said board not protected by said guards, for :facilitating the ruiming orf of balls not entering the depressions.

4l. A game-board comprising a base. plate having a plurality of substantially cup shaped depressions formed therein, each closed at the bottom and each provided with a certain number, the depressions arranged in rows oi even and odd numbers, the depressions of odd numbers arranged in frontof the intervals between each` two depressions of even number, a plurality of removable guards, one oi said depressions exchangeable1 and an inclined metal lined runway aty one end oi the board for facilitating the running oil of balls not Caught in said depressions.

5. In a game-board of the class described the combination of a board provided with a plurality of cup-shaped depressions formed therein, a Corner block having a depression formed therein, removably and exchangeably held in said board and provided with a lingerhold, and a guard or preventing a ball not entering said corner block depression from ruiming oil the board.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 23rd day o1 September A. D. 1927.

HARRY SCHLESINGER. 

